On this episode of the Football by Numbers we discuss the top NFL players that ever wore the number 39. Recorded originally back in 2021 on Pigskin Dispatch.
NFL Number 40s
The Top 10 List of NFL Players to Wear Number 40 on their Jersey with George Bozeka!
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Top Ten of Jersey 40
We had fun finding the best players in the NFL’s history to put on the number 40 jersey.
We had a great list of candidates that really spanned the entire 101 plus years of history of the League and came up with these ten player as being the most substantial:
- Gale Sayers
- Elroy Hirsch
- Mike Haynes
- Cal Hubbard
- Charlie Joiner
- Wayne Millner
- Bobby Boyd
- Dick Anderson
- Erich Barnes
- Ken Willard
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Of course we also could not have done the above stat research without the assistance of Pro-Football-Reference.com and Stathead.com resources.
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